Monthly Archives: February 2010

The water that goes to the sea…- Ecclesiastes 1:7

Well, my friends, after a weekend with a lot of rain in Jerusalem, I decided to write on the water today. The water in the bible has a lot of meanings, but today we are going to look at one verse in the book of Ecclesiastes, a verse that always bring into my mind a [...]

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Why Noah was drunk? part 2

The story of the Midrash tells us that when Noah started to plant the vineyard the Satan came to him and said: what are you plant? Noah said: I am planting a vineyard. The Satan asked: what’s good in the vineyard? Noah said: his fruits are sweet, whether it’s dry whether it’s humid. From the [...]

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Why Noah was drunk? part 1

After the flood that made a restart to the world of The Lord, Noah and his sons had the opportunity to eat meat and the vegetarian world got lost. When we speak about meat a lot of time we are thinking of a restaurant, 2 glasses of wine, a romantic mood, which comes along with [...]

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Moses in the pit or why did Moses marry Zipporah?

In the book of Exodus is written: "וַתֹּאמַרְןָ–אִישׁ מִצְרִי, הִצִּילָנוּ מִיַּד הָרֹעִים; וְגַם-דָּלֹה דָלָה לָנוּ, וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת-הַצֹּאן. וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל-בְּנֹתָיו, וְאַיּוֹ; לָמָּה זֶּה עֲזַבְתֶּן אֶת-הָאִישׁ, קִרְאֶן לוֹ וְיֹאכַל לָחֶם. וַיּוֹאֶל מֹשֶׁה, לָשֶׁבֶת אֶת-הָאִישׁ; וַיִּתֵּן אֶת-צִפֹּרָה בִתּוֹ, לְמֹשֶׁה" "And they said: ‘An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water [...]

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